Cuff-holder.



No. 737,878. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908. E. T. SPEGHT.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1902.

F0 MODEL.

2 vigil/1111114 h v if UNITED STATES Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE T. SPECHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO WILLIAMMUELHOEFER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,878, datedSeptember 1, 1903.

Application filed November 21 1902. Serial No. 132,266. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE T. SPECHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is concerned with certain new and useful improvements inthat class of devices which are designed to secure a detachableshirt-cuff to the wristband thereof, and is designed to produce a deviceof the class described by the use of which the cuff can be quickly andeasily secured in any desired position of adjustment relative to thewristband.

Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which the samereference characters are used to designate identical parts in all thefigures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal .section through the center of thesame with the cuff and wristband buttoned in position, showing how theparts are arranged in use 5 and Figs. 3 and 4: are similar views ofamodified form of the invention.

I have shown my invention as designed for use especially with theordinary round-headed collar or cuif button 10, which is secured in thewristband 11 of a shirt in the ordinary manner. The essential feature ofthe adjusting and securing mechanism is the elongated U-shaped metallicpiece composed of the upper half piece 1.2, having a series of concaveindentations 13 on the under side thereof and arranged in a straightline as closely together as possible. The lower part 14, which isintegral with the upper part and connected thereto by the U-shaped bend15, has extending directly beneath the indentations 13 the elongatedslot 16, which is of a width to just accommodate the shank 17 of thebutton 10, with which it is used. The

distance between the two parts 12 and 14 is such that the head of thebutton, when slid in between the two parts, is held firmly in whateverposition of adjustment the holder may be left, the top of the headcooperating with an indentation 13 and the lower portion thereof withthe slot 16. For convenience in placing the holder in position Ipreferably round off the edges of the slot 16, as seen at 18, and turnup the adjacent end of the up per portion 12 in a slight curve, as seenat 19.

To hold the cuff 20 in position on the hold er, I may secure to theupper side thereof the head and shank of the customary c0llar-but ton21, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4; but I preferably employ the novel holdingor clamp mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where it will be seen thatthe corresponding end of the upper portion 12 is bent over a U shape,forming the short extension 22 a short distance above and parallel tothe portion 12. Pivotally mounted in this extension 22 is aclamping-lever 23, which is of the customary construction and isdesigned to engage with the end of the cufi 20 in the manner clearlyshown in Fig. 2. As an additional aid to hold the cuff in position Ipreferably provide the transverse lug 24, projecting upwardly from theend of the part 12, which may be struck up from the body thereof andwhich is adapted to enter the customary button-holes 25 and 26, formedin the ends of a cuff, and to assist the clamp 23 in holding the cuff inposition. The outer end of the extension 22 is turned upward slightly,as seen at 27 to facilitate the placing of the cuff in the clamp. Itwill be observed that the two parts are not connected at the wristbandend, thus obviating the necessity of employing the enlargement for anopening for the admission of the collar-button head,which has beennecessary in similar devices where the two parts were connected at bothends. It will also be noted that the cud-holding means are at this freeend, so that the holder in position is practically all within the cuffand where it will not interfere with or catch on the sleeve lining.

IVhile I have shown my invention as em bodied in the form which I atpresent consider body of the plate 12 I might cut recesses 13 entirelythrough the plate, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a cuff-holder consistingof the two parts adapted to cooperate with the head and shank of abutton and connected at one end but free at the other, the upper partbeing provided with a cuff-holding means on the upper surface at thefree end, the lower part being provided with the elongated slot therein,and one of said parts being provided with recesses for retaining theholder in any desired position of adjustment.

2. A cuff-holder consisting of the U -shaped piece of springmetaladapted to cooperate with the head and shank of a button, the upper partbeing provided with cuff-holding means on its upper surface at the freeend, the lower part being provided with the slot therein, and one ofsaid parts being provided with recesses to retain the holder in anydesired position of adjustment relative to the button.

3. A cuff-holder consisting of the two parts adapted to cooperate withthe head and shank of a button and connected at one end but free at theother, the upper part being provided with the recesses in the undersurface thereof and with the cuff-holding means on the upper surface atthe free end, and the opposed lower part being provided with the slot 16therein beneath the recesses.

I. A cuff-holder consisting of the U shaped piece of spring metaladapted to cooperate with the head and shank of a button, the upper armbeing provided with the recesses in the under surface thereof and withthe cuff holding means on the upper surface at the free end, and theopposed lower part being provided with the slot 16 therein beneath therecesses.

5. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a euif-holder consistingof the two parts adapted to cooperate with the head and shank of abutton and connected at one end but free at the other, the upper partbeing provided with a cuff-holding means 011 the upper surface at thefree end, the lower part being provided with the elongated slot therein,and one of said parts being provided with recesses for retaining theholder in any desired position of adjustment, said cuff-holding meansconsisting of the U-shaped extension having the clamping-lever mountedin the upper portion thereof.

6. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a cuff-holder consistingof the two parts adapted to cooperate with the head and shank of abutton, the upper part being provided with a cuff-holding means on theupper surface, the lower part being provided with the elongated slottherein, and one of said parts being provided with recesses forretaining the holder in any desired position of adj ustment, saidcuff-holding means consisting of the U -shaped extension having theclampinglever mounted in the upper portion thereof and the opposingprojection adapted to fit in the buttonholes of the cuff.

7. Acuff-holder consisting of the two parts adapted to cooperate withthe head and shank of a button, the upper part being provided with therecesses in the under surface thereof and with the cuff-holding means onthe upper surface, and the opposed lower part being provided with theslot 16 therein beneath the recesses, said cuff-holding means consistingof the U-shaped extension having the clampinglever mounted in the upperportion thereof and the opposing projection adapted to fit in thebuttonholes of the cuff.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature WVitnesses:

W. MUELHOEFER, JOHN H. McELRoY.

